摘要:
Realized are a near-field optical probe capable of illuminating or/and detecting near-field light great in intensity and acquiring an optical image great in S/N ratio, and a manufacturing method and near-field optical apparatus. Accordingly, a near-field optical probe comprises a cantilever in a cantilever form, a base for supporting the cantilever, a tip in a weight form formed on the cantilever, a microscopic aperture formed in an end of the tip, and a shade film formed on a surface of the cantilever opposite to the base and on area other than the microscopic aperture of the tip. The tip and the cantilever are formed of a transparent material high in transmissivity relative to a wavelength of light to be generated and/or detected by the microscopic aperture, and the tip is structurally filled with the transparent material.
摘要:
It comprises an input means (103) for inputting kinetic energy or force and converting it into a rotary motion, a gear train mechanism (106) for increasing a speed of the rotary motion, a generator (104) for converting the kinetic energy of the rotary motion whose speed has been increased into electricity, an electrical control circuit (105) for stabilising voltage and current of the generator and a secondary cell (110) for charging and discharging electricity. The speed-increasing multiplying factor is from 50 times to 100 times.
摘要:
A low-loss optical micro cantilever (10) comprises a support (1), an optical waveguide (2), an opaque film (3), a reflective film (4), a chip (5) with a pointed end, a minute opening (6) in the pointed of the chip (5), and a reflective mirror (7) for directing the light (H) from an optical input/output end (8) of the optical waveguide (2) toward the minute opening (6).
摘要:
A near-field optical memory head for recording and/or reproducing information of a recording medium by utilizing near-field light wherein near-field light forming means having a very small aperture portion (54) for forming near-field light on the recording medium and near-field light detecting means (56) for detecting the formed near-field light are provided on a same substrate (52) and the substrate is constituted to project from a substrate at an outer peripheral portion.
摘要:
A near-field optical head capable of rapid recording and/or reproducing of the information is provided. The near-field optical head condenses the light from the light source and irradiates the light on the minute opening 1. Then, by means of detecting the reflected light from the light condensing mark 501 provided on the circumference of the minute opening 1, the relative position between the light condensing point condensed by the lens and the light condensing mark 501 is detected so that the light condensing point is controlled to follow the light condensing mark 501. Thus, intensive and constant near-field light can be generated in the minute opening 1 and a signal having high S/N can be obtained even by a rapid scanning of the minute opening 1 over the recording medium so that rapid recording and/or reproducing of the information is made possible.
摘要:
There is provided an optical cantilever which is an optical cantilever for SNOM for irradiating and / or detecting light to or from a very small aperture, and is excellent in mass production performance and uniformity and capable of observing even a soft sample at high speed without damaging the sample. There is provided an optical cantilever characterized in including a base portion 1, a cantilever portion 2 extended from the base portion 1, a light propagating portion 5 of a dielectric member penetrating the cantilever portion 2, formed to project above the cantilever on a side opposed to the base portion and having a sharpened front end and a light propagating tip 3, a light shielding film 6 covering a surrounding of the sharpened dielectric member and a very small aperture 4 formed at the sharpened front end of the dielectric member.
摘要:
It is an optical information recording and reading apparatus for recording and/or reading information at a high density by using a near-field light-generating device as a near-field optical head. The end surface of the core 201 of a flexible optical waveguide 103 is formed in an intermediate position in the optical waveguide 103 and in a portion fixed to the near-field optical head 104. Light for recording and reading information is spread within the clad 202. The spread light flux is reflected toward the near-field optical head 104 by a reflective surface 203 formed on the side of one end of the optical waveguide 103. The reflected light flux is collected by light-collecting structures and then is made to enter an optical minute aperture 206 formed in the near-field optical head 104. Near-field light is created near the minute aperture 206. Light scattered by the surface of the recording medium 105 is received. Thus, information on the recording medium 105 can be recorded and read.
摘要:
The object of the present invention is to provide an information recording/reproduction device for implementing high-density information recording and reading using mutual interaction of a recording medium with near field light, and particularly to a near field optical head with a high optical efficiency and a manufacturing method thereof. This is achieved by enabling an energy propagation mechanism via a plasmon by forming a layer dispersed with metal particulate at a microscopic opening generating near field light, and therefore increase optical efficiency.
摘要:
A near-field optical head capable of rapid recording and/or reproducing of the information is provided. The near-field optical head condenses the light from the light source and irradiates the light on the minute opening 1. Then, by means of detecting the reflected light from the light condensing mark 501 provided on the circumference of the minute opening 1, the relative position between the light condensing point condensed by the lens and the light condensing mark 501 is detected so that the light condensing point is controlled to follow the light condensing mark 501. Thus, intensive and constant near-field light can be generated in the minute opening 1 and a signal having high S/N can be obtained even by a rapid scanning of the minute opening 1 over the recording medium so that rapid recording and/or reproducing of the information is made possible.